The Paul Harvey Riddle

[romantico]

A friend sent me a riddle by Paul Harvey.I HATE Paul Harvey but I am dying to figure out the riddle.ANyone ever get this email?

It starts off with How we tried to make things better for our kids & so on.In order for me to find the answer I have to send the email to 10 people & then hit shift & then I will get the answer.Supposedly 80% of Kindergarten children got it while 17% of Stanford University seniors got it.I knwo its lame & this person is a moderate right winger.

Can someone humor me with an answer?Does anyone here know what I am talking about?

[On the Road]

1. Is it the One that Goes

"What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?"

Answer below in white (highlight to see):

Nothing

And I do believe schoolchildren would have a better success rate than college grads.

[Debi]

3. OMG

I actually highlighted it...just to see what would happen. How cool is that?! BTW I didn't get it - someone had to explain it to me. Does this qualify me to go to Stanford?

[romantico]

4. Yup!

Thats the one. How lame! Should I send her back an email or just ignore it?Any tips on what I can send her in return?

[Bossy Monkey]

6. A used copy of "Being & Nothingness"? n/t

[LynzM]

2. Yup, that's the one! n/t

[Sandpiper]

5. Sounds like something straight out of Snopes

With the 80% of Kindergarten children & 17% of Stanford seniors.

[nuxvomica]

7. I got it before seeing the answer

But my first choice was "Evil Bizarro God."

[romantico]

8. I don't think I get it.

Feel like I'm missing something.Its just stupid.Is there an anti-Paul Harvey site I can send?Anyone know?

[nuxvomica]

10. Rephrase the riddle with that word applied to each case

Then it makes sense.

[galadrium]

9. I got it... but it took me a minute